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very fine, and tliere were also (■xeelleiit piiiU blouiiis of tliis 



flow'ev shown by A. Fournior, Carilcuei' to II. L. llavkness. Glen 



Cove. N. Y., and white blooms by J. Loveless, eardener to W. 



v.. Griswidd, I.enox. Mass.. and assovte<l blooms by T. Ildnryman. 



The mignonette of Kobeit Allen, gardener to 



E. C. Benedict, Greenwieh. Conn.; the white 



stocks of W. Wynne, gardener to W. W. lie 



roy. Stanifoid, Conn., and the colored blooms 



of this Mower of Joseph Tansey, the Wallllowcr 



of Charles Rutbven, gardener to Kngene Clever. 



Mt. Kisco. X. Y.. and the pansey displays of .\. 



W. Golding and ,)ohn Canning were good featnres 



of this very interesting and practical section. 



VIOLETS. 



]n this section only one of the two classes oi 

 whicli was filled the best exhibit was the 'ioii 

 blooms of Singles shown by Max Schneider. 



TABLE DECORATIONS. 



Tile tabic decorations were beyond argnnuiil 

 one of tile piettiest, most artistic and instrm 

 tive featnres of the show-. They were indcnl 

 "a thing of lieanty" aiid were universally ad 

 mired. Comjetition was very close. On I'l i 

 day the silver cup of the New Y<nk IIoil i 

 cultural Society competed for by holds oiil\ 

 was won by the Holland House with a decora 

 ticm with .Acacia piibcscens, and white Speni r 

 sweet peas, winning out against the mou- 

 elaborate decorations of tlie HitzCarlton. which 

 carried olT the second prize. Tlie liiltmore, .\'aii- 

 hattan, St. Regis and Delmonico all received 

 well deserved special ]nizes; their decora- 

 tions were so near in ex<-ellence of design ami 

 execution to the wiiuiers. In the decorations o! 

 Saturday in which Sweet Peas only were al- 

 lowed, the adaptability of this llower to this 

 use was well deuioiistrated in the beautiful deccnations of David 

 Francis, gardener to Mrs. I'allaMtinc, of ('on\ent Station, N. J., 

 and Thos. Atchison, gardener to Mrs. Nathan Stra>,s, Mamaro- 

 ncck, N. Y'. The decorations of Jlonday, which sliowed great 



divcisity of matcLial and anangciin'iil . were the most licautifnl 

 of all. That of ,Iohn Canning, who used .\cacia pnbescens. Hil- 

 lingdon Roses, and Dendrobium Wardiannm. and by R. M. John- 

 ston, with Phalaenopsis Schillerianum, nendrobium nobile. anil 



RO.SE SIKJW .\RE,\.\(;EU by a. W. tiers 0.\ WlllCri WA.S .\\V.\R1)EI) FIR.ST I'RIZE 



first and second, and in very 

 were P. W. Popp, W. Brock. 





ROSE GARDEN ARRANGED BY F. R. PI ERSON. HENERAL VIEW OF SHOW TO 



SIDE AND BACKGROUND. 



Schizanthus were exquisite winning 



close competition with the winner?; 



gardener to Richard Delalielil, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., Martin J. 



Fitzgerald, gardener to Samuel Unterniyer, Y'onkers, N. Y., and 

 Thns. .Mfchison. 



TRADE EXHIBITS. 

 These cxliibits. luimliering about si.\ty, were 

 very diverse in character, among the largest 

 and most attract i\e being the plants and cut 

 (lowers of A. X. I'ierson, Inc., and F. R. Pier- 

 scm t;onipany. the bulb and spring plants of J. 

 -M. 'I'hnrlinrn & Co.. Slnmpp & Walter <..'o.. the 

 latter exhibiting many new and rare varieties 

 of X'arcissi, splendidly grown tulips, especially 

 the Uarwin varieties and several magnificent 

 ])lants of Liliuni Formosum. Besides these 

 there were the exhibits of the retail llorists. 

 who exemplified in their daily changed exhibits 

 flic artistic arrangement of fiow-ers and jjlants 

 ill dilVerent kinds of recejitacles. The green- 

 houses of the several greenhouse building 

 firms, including Hitchings & Co.; Lord & liurn- 

 liaiii Co.: the .Metropolitan yfatcrial Co., and 

 Will, II, Lutton & Co, 



CLUB AND SOCIETY QUARTERS. 

 riic baiidsoiucly decorated and widl fur- 

 nislieil (|uarters of the Xew York Florists' 

 ( Inb, and the Horticultural Society of New 

 "i'lirk on the first lloor were freely used b.y 

 (he members of this club and society, and by 

 \i-itors as rest rooms, and were greatly ap- 

 picciatcil, 



COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 

 The more notewortliy exhibits in the several 

 (lasses of the sections open to commercial 

 growers were: The Evica. Epacris, Boronias 

 and .\cacias of Knight & Struck Co., New York 

 (i(y; the .Azaleas, .\diantum Farleyense, Rose 

 Garden, Climbing I'ot Roses and Cut Rose 

 Blooms of A. X. I'ierson. Inc., Ci-omwell, Conn.: 

 the .'\zaleas. ll.vdraugeas. Lilacs, group of 

 dowering and foliage plant and of forced 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants. Palms. Bay 

 Trees, Lily of the Valley and Orchids of .Julius 

 Koehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.; Rhododendrons, 

 Lilies, Conifers. Xepbrolepsis, Ferns, Rose 

 Garden, and cut Rose Blooms of F. R. i'ierson 

 Co,. Tarrvtown, N. Y. ; the Spiraeas. Rhodo.len- 

 drons. Dracaenas. Palms, Boxwoods aril Bay 



